GLA Press Officer Numbers and Costs

Susan Hall: Please can you list the total number and cost of press officers at the GLA for each year May-April from 2016 to 2020?

The Mayor: The total number of press officers at the GLA, as at 30 April each year, and the approximate cost of these (costs are as of 31 March as they are taken from the year-end financial reports, so they are approximate for this period) for each of the four years from 2016 to 2020 is as follows:
Year
Staff no
Approximate annual costs (per financial year 1 April to 31 March) £
May 2016 to April 2017
20
1,204,000
May 2017 to April 2018
21
1,262,000
May 2018 to April 2019
22
1,379,000
May 2019 to April 2020
21
1,436,000
The above figures include staff working in both the Mayor’s Press Office and in the Assembly Secretariat.